Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-30
uoRsE-EAR WILSON.
s.mswhat Curious Pees'iiarify o. -
ane ohstinats Texas Farmer

n
ING onst,uat. Texas Farmer
VIVIAN the Texas Central railroad was
being constructed from Houston 70 pan
Antonio Andy Faulkner, the rigntoi-
~. agent had occasionally consider
able difficulty in persuading some q 'ae
~ old farmers to allow the road TO
pass through their land under any oi'
eumstances whatever. :,
,There was hard-faced Old SINNER
n.,ned aHorse-ear" Wilson, VINO
owned n small ranch near Austin ana
who was bitterly opposed to raj. roads
He got the name of "Horse-ear from
his neculiarity of moving his ears back
wa,lls and forwards whenever ne be-
oame mueh excited. He was known 10
be = dangerous man. having killed Sc. sev-
eral men in personal disputes. Inc
line Of the Texas Central ran through
..Horse-ear'' Wilson's farm, and II pc
came the duty of Andy Faulkner 70 cal
IN Wilson and buy the right OF way
F,ulkner was warned by those who
Knew Wilson to be very careful ana
watch his ears, and to get out OF the
way as soon as he began to work ms
sars backwards and forwards, as that
was preliminary movement TO MS
reaching for his shotgun.
Andy rode up to the gate and calico
"Hello!" A forbidding-looklng man
with very large ears was seated on u
bench in front Of the log cabin 400,
with a shotgun in his lap. He looked
up and replied:
.Hellow yourself. What 10 yer
want?'
"Want to talk business. /"
.Dismount ard come in"
Faulkner did as he was told, and
took n seat on sawbuck opposite old
.Horse-ear" Wilson.
..Air you deputy sheriff. asked
Wilson, moving one Of his ears forward
and one backward.
mo, no, Captain Wilson, nothing o.
the kind" exclaimed Faulkner.
"Now, what do yer wantP'
"Maior Wilson, ! want to pay you
5000 in cash for you to let the Texas
Central run through the southeast cor
ner of your lot."
You wanter keep me awake al
night with your internal trains scoot
in, past my house,?
ooh, no, Colonel Wilson," replied
Andy, politely advancing Wilson an
other grade.
"You wanter ran over my hogs ane
refuse to pay for them Is that wha
yer after?' and the left ear advanced
ominously to the front.
"Nothing of the kind, General. "
"You wanter set fire to my hay
stacks with sparks from your locomo
tive?" and Wilson'S right ear twitchet
nervously as if he was hitting at a Fl,
with it.
Once more Faulkner insisted that h
had no such intention.
"I'll count five," said old Wilson
0 moving both ears to the front and cock
e ing his gun, "rll count five, and eff yol
n are in range I'll fill your hide so full o
: buckshot that it won't hold shucks
/ One!"
$ Reliable witnesses say that when oil
o "Horse- earl Wilson counted four And
8 Faulkner was so far off that he couldn'
!. be reached with the ongest-ranged ar
d tillery. This is probably an exaggero
t. ton, but Andy didn't stop to pick bel
d ries until he was seven miles from Wi
J. sons ranch.
|. About week aftor this occurrenc
n Andy Faulkner was seated in his offic
h at Houston, Tex, when there came
e timid knock at the door.
y Come in" said Andy.
d The door opened slowly, and Of
n "Horse-ear' Wilson peeped i'm. And
!. partially opened drawer that cor
is tanned an army-sized revolver. 1t W.
y indeed Wilson, but there was such
n pleasant smile on his face that he di
lie not seem to be the same man.
y 81 wanter accept that offer you mac
e me about the right of way" said Wi
e son.
y "Ain't you afraid of bein, ke1
lie awake at nights by passing trainsP
queried Andy, putting his hand in IL
vi drawer.
vs. "Nota Bit" replied Wilson, Meth,
ne OF his ears moving in the least.
IN "But how about your hogs being ri
over by the locomotivesp"
e. "lf they get run over it's thar ow
he fault You can buy heap of hogs f
is $500 Just make out the papers al
H. III sign EN-, and then We'll 90 out al
p take something"
he Faulkner made out the papers. TIL,
IN were duly signed, and the 5000 w
as paid over to Wilson, who seemed
lie beam with happiness.
in "Now, my friend" said FauIkne
Nv 81 want to know what has occurred
et make you change your mind"
ed "Horse-ear' Wilson drew Faulkn
W. to one side and whispered:
T. 1--WE got to have money to fix up O
ly There's wilder who owns FORTY tho
If. sand head of cattle moved into O
m n Ia lrN. H. Il